["As the rest of us", huh. So, this guy was once a warrior, then? Maybe that explains the scars. Or maybe that's a naive thing to say, since Jake knows better than anyone that you can't always judge an Andalite bandit — er, warrior — by appearances alone.]

Yeah. I, uh. Got caught beneath the ice, but some people came and pulled me out.

[Even just the memory of the frigid water alone makes him shiver, relieved to be huddled in the warmth.]

Maybe this is a weird question, but were you with your friends before you...I guess, woke up here? I'm not really sure what the right word is for the whole "just suddenly being here" thing. For me it felt kind of like waking up from a dream.

[He pauses, reflecting.]

Maybe a nightmare.